Lading strap anchor shelf bracket



June 30, 1959 F. P. ADLER LADING STRAP ANCHOR SHELF BRACKET 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 21, 1953 June 30, 1959 F. P. ADLER 2,892,421.

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Filed Dec. 21, 1953 LADING C-HQRSHELF BRACKET Franklin P. Adler, lS/Iielligan `City, -Ind.assignor to Pull-v man-Standard `Car Manufacturing ',Conipany, Chicago, lllaa `co.13peration of'Delaware Application December 21, 1'953,Serial fNo. 399,407

` s claims. :(ei. ras-369,)

This invention relates to mobile freight compartments and is Iprimarily `concerned '.with ya vmovable Vbracket for supporting Ilading shelves.

The lprincipal object-of *this `invention 'is to provide an easily adjustable-shelf fbracket to `be used with a lading `strap anchor arrangementas a-support forlading shelves.

yshelves a-nd which -may ybe -quickly adjusted by hand.

Affurtherobjeetof this invention is'to provide a shelf bracket to -be Aused with'a lading -strap anchor arrangement as La support `for Alading Ishelves and which offers practically no `obstruction to lading-adjacent thereto ,and

below the V'lading -shelf held -by the Ibracket.

And yet a fuiaher -objeet 'is to fprovide a shelf bracket to `be used `with a lading -strap Aanchor arrangement as a support ufor lading Oshelves -and which provides simple -`means forfattaehing -the shelving material securely'to the bracket. Y

Another `object Vef this invention is to provide a shelf `bracket to be-used-with alading strap anchor arrange- -ment as a'supportforlading shelves which mayb'ereadily Jlocated therewith so "as tohandleyarious sized lading.

The foregoingandlother ObjectsOfthis invention `are attained nby `the construction and "arrangement illustrated in `the accompanying 'drawings inewhich Fig. 1 is a fragmentary vertical view of th e inner face of a freight compartment showing the invention in use with lading strap anchor arrangements and lading shelves;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the compartment taken along line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary View, partly in section, taken from Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly in section, taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of the invention, partly in section, taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the invention distinctly showing the `two-piece arrangement of the shelf bracket and being partially installed in the lading strap anchor arrangement.

This invention proposes a shelf bracket for supporting lading shelves to be used in conjunction with a lading strap band anchor arrangement disclosed in my copending applications, Serial Number 252,033, filed October 19, 1951, and Serial Number 323,058, tiled November 28, 1952. As these co-pending applications describe the lading strap anchor arrangement in detail, my description of said arrangement shall be concise.

For decades the freight industry has been faced with thep roblem of properly handling lading consisting of various sized packages having varying degrees of weight. There exist innumerable situations Where certain types of packages may not be placed one upon another for the States Patent i Ifrom. The clip 23 has van extension 29 which extends 2,892,421 Patented June 30, .19.59

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entire available heightoffthe `freight compartment, ftherefore the necessity is present to provide supportingmeans `for lading capable of vertical adjustment within thecom- A-partment andvbeing attained with simplicity of design and handling. To an improvedsolution of this problem 'the `present invention is directed.

ends, a; lading `anchor 21 which is an elongated strip of metal having opposite side portions 22 turned-inward `at successive vertical equi-distant points, leaving the intermediate side portions 23 as openings. The guide plateand the anchor are secured to an intermediate `post -18Ybyfusual means, such as ,nut and bolt units 24. `Furring strip `25 is placedadjacent the intermediate post v1li, being spaced from the wall-paneling `14 by a flange 26 of .thevpost and being ilush with the inner surface of the intermediate post. Furring strip 27 is placed on the `other side of the post 13 vand vis also ilush with the inner surface lof `the post. A spacing clip 28 is secured to the intermediate post 18 and spaces the furring strip 27 thereparallel to and between the `strip 27 and the paneling 14 .and serves to space the strip 27 from the wall paneling `is then securedto the `furring strips 25' and 27 and vaclgjacent to the guide -plate 20 (Fig. 6). 40

shelf'bracket (Fig. -6) generally designated 32, is

comprised of two pieces, a support member 33 and a ,carrier member 34. The support member is substan- 1tially,at,.=having.an offset .lower portion 35 anda curved filange 36 substantially at right angles to the majority/of the member 33. The carrier member 34 is hingedly connected, by an ordinary type hinge 37, to the support member and extends at right angles thereto. The carrier member is channel shaped, having a at base 38 and upturned edges 39. Stops 40 and 41 are secured, as by Welding, to the bottom of the base 38, and nail and bolt openings 42 and 43 are provided in the base for reasons hereinafter discussed.

When placed in operation, the carrier member 34 is rotated outwardly away from the support member 33. The flange 36 of the support member 33 is then inserted in an anchor opening 23 until the member 33 is substantially at right angles to the lining 31 and the lower portion 35 is resting against the guide plate 20. The carrier member 34 is then rotated on its hinged connection 37 to rest on top of the support member 33 in a horizontal position. For vertical support, the contact of the carrier 34 and the support 33 is substantially midway between the ends of the carrier 34. Lateral support to prevent the carrier from moving longitudinally is provided by an offset center stop 40, which rests adjacent one side of the support member 33, and by a corner stop 41 which is on the other side of the support, resting in between one side of the anchor 21 and the adjacent side of the guide plate 20.

After installation of the shelf bracket 32, longitudinal shelving material 44 is secured to the bracket by means of bolt units 45 and nails 46. Then when opposing .moved by using screws.

By the proposed arrangement, it may be seen that a variety of lading shelf positions may be attained by the use of a readily adjustable, rugged shelf bracket which '1 may be quickly and easily placed into use or removed therefrom, and which may be used in conjunction with a dual purpose lading strap anchor arrangement. It may also be noted that shelving material may be quickly applied to or removed from the shelf brackets with a minimum of handling, and that the only obstruction offered to the lading below the bracket is a comparatively short, substantially vertical strip of the bracket.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a freight-carrying compartment having side walls and a plurality of longitudinally spaced upright lading strap anchoring members rigidly secured to said walls each provided with a plurality of vertically spaced and vertically extending side-opening slots for anchoring lading straps, a lading shelf supporting bracket removably mounted in at least some of said slots comprising a support member and a carrier member, said support member comprising a vertically extending plate having a body portion terminating rearwardly in its lower zone in a vertical edge and in its upper zone in a flange extending substantially right angularly from the body portion directly above said edge and terminating at its top in a horizontal upper edge normal to said vertical rear edge, and said carrier member comprising a plate having a width substantially equal to the length of said upper edge of the support member, hinge means pivotally mounting said carrier member on the front of said upper edge of the body portion for swinging movement only about an axis transverse to the body portion and parallel to the length of the carrier member between an operative position wherein the carrier member rests on said upper edge of the body portion of the support member and an inoperative position elevated therefrom, and a stop element secured to and projecting rearwardly from the carrier member when the carrier member is in operative position on the support member, in horizontally spaced relation to the rear edge of the support member, whereby the support member may be mounted on the lading strap anchoring member by first inserting its ange in the slot member;

thereof with its vertical rear edge bearing against said anchoring member and then swinging the carrier member down from elevated to operative position wherein the rear edge of the carrier member is positioned adjacent the front surface of the anchoring member and the carrier member is horizontally disposed for supporting a shelf element with the stop element of the carrier member positioned adjacent one side surface ofthe anchoring member and cooperating with the flange of the support member positioned adjacent the other side of the anchoring member to x the bracket against lateral movement.

2. The combination claimed in claim 1, in which the lower zone of the body portion of the support member is offset in the direction in which the ange extends, whereby the vertical rear edge of the body portion bears against the lading strap anchoring member in a vertical plane offset from the plane of the vertex of the angle formed by the ange and the body portion of the support 3. The combinationfclaimed in-claim 1, including a center stop element secured to and projecting below the bottom surface of the carrier member adjacent a side surface of the support member when the carrier member is in operative position to assist in bracing the carrier member against horizontal movement transversely of the support member in one direction.

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